On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, wrote back to the children of the martyrs studying at the Chinese Public Security University on September 9, putting forward ardent expectations for them and extending greetings to the families of the heroes and martyrs.

Xi Jinping said in his reply that I am very pleased to learn that you are determined to carry the banner of your fathers and contribute your youth strength to protect a safe China.

Xi Jinping stressed that safeguarding national security and social stability and protecting the happiness and tranquility of the people is the sacred duty of the people's police. Your fathers were brave and willing to sacrifice, and their spirit will always be remembered and carried forward. I hope that you will follow the example of your heroic fathers, strengthen your ideals and beliefs, study and train hard, strive to cultivate your excellent skills of serving the country and the people, unswervingly be loyal guardians of the party and the people, make unremitting efforts to build a higher level of safe China, and actively contribute to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, more than 1,7 police officers have died in the line of duty in public security organs across the country, of whom more than 3700,8 have been rated as martyrs. Since the <>th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly received representatives of heroic models of the national public security system, and put forward requirements for carrying forward the spirit of heroic models of public security and taking care of the families of comrades who died in the line of duty. Recently, eight children of martyrs studying at Chinese Public Security University wrote to General Secretary Xi Jinping, reporting on their study and training and growth insights, expressing their determination to inherit their father's legacy and contribute to the protection of a safe China.